Hammer

The Hammer is a blunt weapon type in Dauntless.

Summary
A lethal union of cudgel and cannon. Use the maul to splinter bones and scales, then finish things off with a blast from the cannon. You can even leverage explosions to dodge.

Legendaries
Facing the Keystone Behemoth in a hard Escalation will unlock blueprints for all of its legendary weapons. These high-powered weapons aren't easy to craft, but the perks are worth the extra effort.

Exotics
Exotic hammers are crafted from blueprints obtained on Heroic and Heroic+ Patrols and Pursuits.

Weapon Skins
The following weapon skins can be used with the Hammer:

Controls
PC Controls=

Moves
Physical Attack Devastating hammer strikes.

Elemental Blast Fire an elemental blast attack that consumes ammunition.

Reload Press again during the active reload window to shorten reload time.

Combos
Horizontal Hammers > >

Lunging Strikes > >

Repeating Uppercut > >


 * End any Ground Combo with an Elemental BlastIcon-PC-Right Mouse.png

Primed Strike (any input) > (before dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Quick Reload (any input) > (after dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Evasive Blast > (Rapidly)
 * Cannot be sprinting

Aerial Combos
Double Jump (Sprinting) > (Rapidly)

Aerial Strike into a ground combo (Sprinting) >

Xbox One Controller=
 * Transitions into any Ground Combo

Moves
Physical Attack Devastating hammer strikes.

Elemental Blast Fire an elemental blast attack that consumes ammunition.

Reload Press again during the active reload window to shorten reload time.

Combos
Horizontal Hammers > >

Lunging Strikes > >

Repeating Uppercut > >


 * End any Ground Combo with an Elemental BlastIcon-XB1-Y.png

Primed Strike (any input) > (before dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Quick Reload (any input) > (after dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Evasive Blast > (Rapidly)
 * Cannot be sprinting

Aerial Combos
Double Jump (Sprinting) > (Rapidly)

Aerial Strike into a ground combo (Sprinting) >

PlayStation 4 Controller=
 * Transitions into any Ground Combo

Moves
Physical Attack Devastating hammer strikes.

Elemental Blast Fire an elemental blast attack that consumes ammunition.

Reload Press again during the active reload window to shorten reload time.

Combos
Horizontal Hammers > >

Lunging Strikes > >

Repeating Uppercut > >


 * End any Ground Combo with an Elemental BlastIcon-PS4-Triangle.png

Primed Strike (any input) > (before dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Quick Reload (any input) > (after dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Evasive Blast > (Rapidly)
 * Cannot be sprinting

Aerial Combos
Double Jump (Sprinting) > (Rapidly)

Aerial Strike into a ground combo (Sprinting) > Nintendo Switch=

Moves
Physical Attack Devastating hammer strikes.

Elemental Blast Fire an elemental blast attack that consumes ammunition.

Reload Press again during the active reload window to shorten reload time.

Combos
Horizontal Hammers > >

Lunging Strikes > >

Repeating Uppercut > >


 * End any Ground Combo with an Elemental BlastIcon-Switch-X.png

Primed Strike (any input) > (before dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Quick Reload (any input) > (after dealing damage)
 * This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Evasive Blast > (Rapidly)
 * Cannot be sprinting

Aerial Combos
Double Jump (Sprinting) > (Rapidly)

Aerial Strike into a ground combo (Sprinting) >


 * Transitions into any Ground Combo